Next-generation hardware advances in CT: cardiac applications

AC Kwan, A Pourmorteza, D Stutman, DA Bluemke… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Impending major hardware advances in cardiac CT include three areas: ultra-high-
resolution (UHR) CT, photon-counting CT, and phase-contrast CT. Cardiac CT is a …

X-ray phase-contrast technology in breast imaging: principles, options, and clinical application

ST Taba, TE Gureyev, M Alakhras… - American Journal of …, 2018 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review different x-ray phase-contrast breast
imaging techniques and their potential application in clinical settings. CONCLUSION. Phase …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in X-ray imaging of breast tissue: From two-to three-dimensional imaging

L Heck, J Herzen - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is a globally widespread disease whose detection has already been
significantly improved by the introduction of screening programs. Nevertheless …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray dark-field computed tomography for monitoring of tissue freezing

D John, W Gottwald, D Berthe, S Wirtensohn… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Accurately monitoring the extent of freezing in biological tissue is an important requirement
for cryoablation, a minimally invasive cancer treatment that induces cell death by freezing …

[HTML][HTML] Towards virtual histology with X-ray grating interferometry

M Polikarpov, J Vila-Comamala, Z Wang, A Pereira… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide. Diagnosing breast cancer
relies on clinical examination, imaging and biopsy. A core-needle biopsy enables a …

[HTML][HTML] Visualization of neonatal lung injury associated with mechanical ventilation using x-ray dark-field radiography

A Yaroshenko, T Pritzke, M Koschlig, N Kamgari… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Mechanical ventilation (MV) and supplementation of oxygen-enriched gas, often needed in
postnatal resuscitation procedures, are known to be main risk factors for impaired pulmonary …

Review and experimental verification of X-ray dark-field signal interpretations with respect to quantitative isotropic and anisotropic dark-field computed tomography

J Graetz, A Balles, R Hanke… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Talbot (-Lau) interferometric x-ray and neutron dark-field imaging has, over the past
decade, gained substantial interest for its ability to provide insights into a sample's …

Improved reconstruction of phase-stepping data for Talbot–Lau x-ray imaging

S Kaeppler, J Rieger, G Pelzer, F Horn… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Grating-based Talbot–Lau x-ray interferometry is a popular method for measuring
absorption, phase shift, and small-angle scattering. The standard acquisition method for this …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging evaluation of the cartilage in rheumatoid arthritis patients with an x-ray phase imaging apparatus based on Talbot-Lau interferometry

H Yoshioka, Y Kadono, YT Kim, H Oda, T Maruyama… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
X-ray Talbot-Lau interferometry is one of the x-ray phase imaging methods that has high
sensitivity in depicting soft tissues. Unlike earlier x-ray phase imaging methods that required …

Dual-energy X-ray dark-field material decomposition

T Sellerer, K Mechlem, R Tang… - … on Medical Imaging, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dual-energy imaging is a clinically well-established technique that offers several
advantages over conventional X-ray imaging. By performing measurements with two distinct …